 This fab ornament has been on my mind for while. Bright and fun I have made it in our gorgeous merino wool felt as I've intended it to be an heirloom. Choose your own colours and make a few to look beautiful en masse on your tree this Christmas. Supplies + 100% Merino Wool Felt Sheets + Contrasting DMC stranded thread + DMC Light Effects thread + Hobby Fill + Erasable Marker + Needle + Scissors + Tacky Glue + Dress My Craft Die- four petal pointed flower (optional) + Sizzix Framelits Die - Circles (optional) + Sizzix Framelits Die - Scalloped Circles (optional) + Christmas Ornament Pattern Directions 1. Print our Christmas Ornament Pattern, cut out pieces. Use erasable marker to trace around the pattern pieces onto the felt and cut out.  2. Cut die pieces or use pinking shears to cut a fancy edge. Use any shape you like for the center, a star or flower shape. I have used the middle sized die from Dress My Crafts four pointed petal flower die set. Super handy if you have a die cutting machine, otherwise freehand cut a shape to suit.  3. Use a little Tacky Glue to fix the pieces together so you're not chasing the small pieces around your craft bench.  4. Using three strands of DMC thread, start stitching you favourite stitches in contrasting colours. I have used lazy daisies, french knots and a straight stitch. Mix up your threads and try the Light Effects for a bit of bling, its a bit tricky to use but well worth the effort ;) 5. Stitch up three sides of the ornament using a whipstitch or a blanket stitch. On the fourth side stitch halfway closed so the top remains open for stuffing. Stuff your ornament with hobby fill or similar.  6. Finish stitching to the top of the ornament and tie off your thread. Take a length of 20cm of the Light Effects thread, stitch through the top of the ornament and knot for hanging.  Have fun with this pattern by incorporating sequins and beads and different shapes and colours to suit your decor for the season.
I'd love to see what you make, tag me in your projects #thefeltfactorynz or pop me a photo. Bex :)
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Looking for a sweet little Valentines Day craft? Check out these adorable patterns and felt shapes from my website and around the web. Etsy is a fabulous place to find gorgeous patterns. If you have found them already, you'll know you can choose a downloadable pattern to save on shipping. Noialand is one of my favourites, especially for holidays. Such cute themed dolls for any occasion.  Another favourite Trellis and Thyme by Sosae Caetano patterns are super cute.  Adorable Scandi hearts by Olga Dvorianova  Super sweet conversation hearts from Diane Cohrs of Ginger Sweet Crafts  Esty has some wonderful patterns, you could get lost in there for days. Certainly worth a look if you are after something special to make.
Happy making. Rebecca xx A beautiful collection of skin tones perfect for doll making in 100% Merino Wool Felt.  From left to right with corresponding DMC Stranded thread colour.
Barely Blush DMC3770 Blush DMC951 Light Camel DMC738 Sand DMC612 Camel DMC167 Bronze DMC434 Rust DMC3826 Mushroom DMC3790 Acorn DMC3862 Brown DMC801 Chocolate DMC838 Happy Crafting! Ages ago I made the boys and I stockings, and I love them, but moving house and a change in colour schemes, we needed a bit of an update. A bit more colour and a lot more felt was called for. I do love the traditional Christmas colours but I wanted something a bit more bright and modern.  If you would like to make you own, print out my template and tape up along the join. Using my Wool Blend use 0.3m for a single stocking or 0.5m for two. Plus 0.1 per contrasting colour. And Felt Balls, I've used 1cm and 2cm. I used a straight stitch to attach the stripes and my trusty glue gun for the felt balls. Then a blanket stitch to join the front and back of the stocking. You can use a ribbon or the hanging tab on the pattern in felt.  Cute little letters, a peppermint and a few tassels and voila!  I'm going to have fun filling these this year.
Happy crafting Rebecca. I LOVE Christmas, everything about it. I love setting up my tree, decorating the house, all the Christmas parties with Michael Bubble on repeat! I also love making a few decorations or ornaments to add to my collection. I'm always looking for beautiful things to make and these are some of my favourites for Christmas this year. I absolutely LOVE Esty for patterns, super easy to download straight into your inbox, there are SO many clever makers selling their beautiful patterns on this fab platform from all over the world! Nuvolinahandmade is a pattern maker from Slovenia, with gorgeous pattern for softies ornaments and mobiles. Seriously cute!    Noia Land is always on my favourites list, I absolutely love her whimsical style. I have a couple of her fairy patterns which are just SO lovely!    And of course MMMcrafts is a firm favourite with her 12 Days Ornaments series. She has two more sets in the same beautiful style with Twas the Night and the Ebenezer Ornament Series.    I still love a good paper pattern which I always have in the shop. May Blossom by Simone Gooding is one of my favourites with cute felt toys and ornaments in fresh colours.    I can't wait to get into a few more of these.
Happy making and craft on! Rebecca xx Felt Balls are great and with our felt balls in 93 colours you can make your own beautiful garland in colours to suit your space. I have just added a cute wee Felt Ball Garland Kit to my store which includes a needle, white DMC Thread and an instruction sheet for how to make your own garland. Such a fun project for a new baby, kids room, or birthday party make along. Garlands are a fun addition to kids rooms or to jazz up your craft space. Totally customisable, make any length, add shapes and glitter felt balls. Hang them over bed heads, shelves and curtain rails or pin them to the wall. First things first, choose your colours. Check out my Felt Ball Colour Combinations to get some ideas, I have made up a few samples of colours to get you started. There are no rules about how many colours you need so just have fun. Length will determine how many balls you need, as well as spacing between balls. For example- + A 1.2m long garland with a 2-3 cm space between balls will require approximately 24 Felt Balls. + A 1.2m long garland with no space between balls will require approximately 50 Felt Balls.  Start by placing your Felt Balls in the order you would like to string them. Have a play around and see which combination you prefer.  Thread your needle, I use our gorgeous DMC stranded thread, available in hundreds of colours to match or contrast your garland. Make sure to sew right through the middle of the ball. There's no need to knot or tie between each one, the balls won't move unless you push them.  Once you've finished stringing your balls, you can decide how far apart to space them. Push them close together or space them about 2-3cm to see what you like the most. To hang your garland, tie off a loop at each end and pin to your wall with drawing pins or use command hooks. You can also drape your garland across a picture frame, shelf or curtain rail. Our Felt Balls come in four sizes so you can mix and match not only colours but sizes too. Happy Making. Rebecca. xx Our Felt Ball Garland Kits are all ready for fun crafty projects over the rainy winter months. We have 93 colours of our beautiful 100% NZ Wool Felt Balls which can be a bit overwhelming when choosing a colour palette for garlands and wreaths and other wonderful projects. With this in mind I have put together a couple of my favourite combinations.  Monotone is super popular right now. Great for older kids rooms or a neutral space. This combo is White, Dove Grey, Grey Marle, Slate and Black.    Brighten up your space with a rainbow garland. This combo is White, Chartreuse, Orange, Red, Kelly, Peacock and Ultra Violet.  Or a more pastel rainbow in Ecru, Soft Pink, Arctic Green, Lavender, Apricot, Mist, Sea Spray and Baby Yellow.  Our Yellow is a lighter Mustard and looks amazing with Autumnal tones. This one is Ecru, Clay, Yellow, Mushroom and Plum.  Finally a beautiful modern combo with all the on trend shades of the moment in Sand, Persian, Sea Spray, Yellow and Melon.
I hope you find some inspiration here. If you have a particular colour set you would like, I'm always happy to help with colour matching. If you are making a few you can purchase one of our Felt Ball Colour Cards which has all 93 colours. Happy Crafting. Rebecca. xx These are definitely my new favourite things. Super simple and really quick to make, these DIY Felt Ball earrings are so cute and with 93 colours of our delicious felt balls to choose from you can match any look. Seriously SO cute! + First things first, choose some of our gorgeous felt balls in your favourite colours. (I used 1cm and 2cm Felt Balls and loved them both.) + Grab your Earring parts from any Jewellery Supply Shop. I used Craft Runner, they have a wonderful selection including sterling silver for my sensitive ears. :) + For 1cm felt balls I recommend 8mm posts and 12mm for the 2cm felt balls. Don't forget the butterflies!  The super easy part, fire up your glue gun and pop a small drop on the post, attach your felt ball. Repeat as many times as necessary. ;)  With all the beautiful Autumn colours for this season I'm excited to make more of these. Happy Making Bex xx You know by now I have a real soft spot for felt flowers and I keep my eyes peeled on YouTube for gorgeous tutorials by some very clever makers. There's nothing more satisfying than making one or many of these beautiful felt florals. And once you have a few of the basics down, it's a wonderful thing to mix and match techniques and styles to make your own versions. I love using my Sizzix Big Shot to make mine, however there are some great tutorials and methods and patterns for hand cut flowers.  One of my favourite makers Deidre from Flohra Design, has the most beautiful tutorials, using a mixture of handcut and die cut flower pieces. She also supplies a wonderful list of supplies used for each project. If you want a real challenge, she also has a few master classes which you can join. This flower was brilliant fun, using the Sizzix Die Flower Layers #15 and one of my 4cm felt balls. I can see this as a Protea or Artichoke with a colour change. Another of Flohra Designs gorgeous flowers, I was quite taken by the graduated colour of this lovely felt flower. Using only circles and a 3cm felt ball it's lovely in a solid colour as well.  Again I used my Sizzix cutter with the Circle Framelits die, I only used two sized circles but I'll definitely try it again with three sizes. Fumika Saku has such a beautiful style of felt floral. With a mixture of hand cut and die cut, her flowers are all based on botanicals with a romantic and sometimes unusual type. I tried her Candytuft flower which has a couple of lovely techniques.  I tried this one with my Sizzix Flower Layers #15 die and added an extra flower onto the top layer. It's just so lovely, I can't wait to try more of her tutorials. Have fun with these, I'd love to see what you're making. Drop me an email or #thefeltfactorynz onto your posts. Happy making. Rebecca xx  I think its fair to say Larissa Holland's Twelve Days of Christmas ornaments have completely taken the craft world by storm. You can't Google "Christmas" and "felt" without seeing at least one of her beautiful designs. Her patterns are AMAZING, wonderfully detailed with gorgeous photos and diagrams which take you through the patterns step by step. These are perfect for novice and experienced stitcher's alike. These gorgeous projects have been popping up with crafters all over the country and I've had more and more clever people asking for colour advice for making. So, with great joy and anticipation I bought the collection off her Etsy site to make my own set in The Felt Factory colours. I know, it's tough work but someone has to do it! ;) The following blog, I hope, will be a great resource for making this set with our beautiful 100% Merino Wool Felt with suggestions for colours and quantities as well as thread suggestions and links to our fab products. This beautiful set of patterns can be purchased from mmmcraft Etsy store. Available singularly or as a collection. Etsy is brilliant, if you don't already have an account with them, it's super easy to set up, think Trade Me, then purchase and download the pdf patten. NB/ most patterns available from Esty are pdf files, not hard copy patterns. PS. This is the pattern which introduced me to Sticky Fabri-Solvi, THE best craft tool ever!!! Print your pattern straight out onto the sheet then stick it to the felt and stitch over the top. Once you've finished the stabiliser dissolves in water!!!! So handy. This is used throughout and is not mandatory but a fab tool. There are tips for using it and for using alternatives. PPS. Choosing you own colourways are a fun alternative made easier with my colour matched DCM threads on each product page. Wihoo! To complete the set you will need- + 10-14 colours of our 100% Merino Wool Felt Sheets + I used Yellow, Marigold, Gold, Watermelon, Red, Cardinal, Raspberry, Arctic Blue, Mist, Moss, Olive, Dove, Slate and Black. + DMC Thread to match your felt sheets + I used, 726, 972, 832, 351, 321, 902, 600, 3811, 503, 471, 469, 02, 535 and 310 + DMC Metallic Light Effects E415 for hanging + One packet of Sticky Solvy + Beads + Cotton Pipe Cleaners + Chenille Pipe Cleaners + Tacky Glue + A Fabric Pen Partridge & Pear  There are so many combinations you can use for these ornaments. I loved all of Larissa's colour ways, this one caught my eye to make for myself. How could you stop at one set though! For the Partridge and Pear I used the following colours in my 100% Merino Wool Felt Sheets: + Yellow + Marigold + Mist Blue + Olive + Moss DMC Embroidery Floss: + 726 - to match Yellow + 972 - to match Marigold + 503 - to match Mist Blue + 469 - to match Olive + 471 - to match Moss + 321 - to match Red + 310 - Black + E415 - for hanging Turtle Dove  mmmcrafts Turtle Dove pattern is available by itself here or as part of the whole twelve days ornament set. For my Turtle Dove I used: 100% Merino Wool Felt Sheets + Mist + Watermelon + Cardinal + Raspberry DMC Embroidery Floss + 503 - to match Mist + 351 - to match Watermelon + 902 - to match Cardinal + 600 - to match Raspberry + 310 - Black + E415 - for hanging French Hen  mmmcrafts French Hen pattern, number three in the twelve days ornament series, is available by itself here or as part of the whole twelve days ornament set. For my French Hen I used: 100% Merino Wool Felt Sheets + Mist + Dove Grey + Slate Grey + Red + Gold DMC Embroidery Floss + 503 - to match Mist + 02 - to match Dove Grey + 535 - to match Slate Grey + 321 - to match Red + 832 - to match Gold + 310 - Black + E415 - for hanging Colly Bird  mmmcrafts Colly Bird pattern, number four in the twelve days ornament series, is available by itself here or as part of the whole twelve days ornament set. For my Colly Bird I used: 100% Merino Wool Felt Sheets + Mist + Slate Grey + Olive + Watermelon + Black DMC Embroidery Floss + 503 - to match Mist + 535 - to match Slate Grey + 469 - to match Olive + 351 - to match Watermelon + 310 - Black + E415 - for hanging Gold Ring On the fifth day of Christmas my true love gave to me! Number five in mmmcrafts twelve days ornament series, is available by itself here or as part of the whole twelve days ornament set. For my Gold Ring I used: 100% Merino Wool Felt Sheets + Yellow + Marigold + Gold + Mist + Arctic Blue DMC Embroidery Floss + 726 - to match Yellow + 972 - to match Marigold + 832 - to match Gold + 503 - to match Mist + 3811 - to match Arctic Blue + E415 - for hanging Goose a-Laying  Six Geese a-Laying. Number six in mmmcrafts twelve days ornament series, is available by itself here or as part of the whole twelve days ornament set. For my Goose and bonus Egg I used: 100% Merino Wool Felt Sheets + Cardinal + Watermelon + Raspberry + Mist + Arctic Blue DMC Embroidery Floss + 902 - to match Cardinal + 351 - to match Watermelon + 600 - to match Raspberry + 503 - to match Mist + 3811 - to match Arctic Blue + E415 - for hanging Swans a-swimming  Seven Swans a-swimming. Number seven in mmmcrafts twelve days ornament series, is available by itself here or as part of the whole twelve days ornament set. For my Swan I used: 100% Merino Wool Felt Sheets + Black + Watermelon + Red + Mist + Olive + Slate Grey DMC Embroidery Floss + 310 - to match Black + 351 - to match Watermelon + 321 - to match Red + 503 - to match Mist + 469 - to match Olive + 535 - to match Slate Grey + E415 - for hanging Maid a-Milking Eight Maids a-Milking. I had a lot of fun with this one, the first person in the series, she was a lovely fun make with a few extra skills using beads and pipe cleaners. Number eight in mmmcrafts twelve days ornament series, is available by itself here or as part of the whole twelve days ornament set. For my Maid I used: 100% Merino Wool Felt Sheets + Black + Mist + Slate Grey + Gold + Dove Grey DMC Embroidery Floss + 310 - to match Black + 503 - to match Mist + 535 - to match Slate Grey + 832 - to match Gold + 02 - t match Dove Grey + E415 - for hanging Drummer Drumming Nine Drummers Drumming. Number nine in mmmcrafts twelve days ornament series, is available by itself here or as part of the whole twelve days ornament set. For my Drummer I used: 100% Merino Wool Felt Sheets + Mist + Moss Green + Arctic Blue + Cardinal + Raspberry DMC Embroidery Floss + 503 - to match Mist + 471 - to match Moss + 3811- to match Arctic Blue + 902 - to match Cardinal + 600 - to match Raspberry + E415 - for hanging Piper Piping Ten Pipers Piping. Number ten, and we're nearly there in mmmcrafts twelve days ornament series. This beautiful Piper is available by itself here or as part of the whole twelve days ornament set. For my lovely Piper I used: 100% Merino Wool Felt Sheets + Mist + Slate Grey + Watermelon + Raspberry + Marigold DMC Embroidery Floss + 503 - to match Mist + 535 - to match Slate Grey + 351 - to match Watermelon + 600 - to match Raspberry + 972 - to match Marigold + E415 - for hanging Lady Dancing Eleven Ladies Dancing. Number eleven in mmmcrafts twelve days ornament series. This lovely Dancing Lady is available by herself here or as part of the whole twelve days ornament set. For my lovely Lady I used: 100% Merino Wool Felt Sheets + Mist + Raspberry + Cardinal + Yellow + Arctic Blue DMC Embroidery Floss + 503 - to match Mist + 600 - to match Raspberry + 902 - to match Cardinal + 726 - to match Yellow + 3811 - to match Arctic Blue + E415 - for hanging Lord a-Leaping Twelve Lords a-Leaping. The final number twelve in mmmcrafts twelve days ornament series. He has so much character, I just love him. His pattern is available by himself here or as part of the whole twelve days ornament set. For my cheeky Lord I used: 100% Merino Wool Felt Sheets + Mist + Watermelon + Olive + Moss + Black + Arctic Blue DMC Embroidery Floss + 503 - to match Mist + 351 - to match Watermelon + 469 - to match Olive + 471 - to match Moss + 310 - to match Black + 3811 - to match Arctic Blue + E415 - for hanging I hope you have enjoyed making these as much as I have.
I'd love to see your completed ornaments, please use #twelvedaysornaments and #thefeltfactorynz to share with myself and Larissa on your social media. Rebecca. xx |
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